red-taper
/ˌrɛdˈteɪpə/Chiefly depreciative
noun
A person who adheres strictly or mechanistically to official rules and formalities; a bureaucrat.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), prime minister and novelist. From red tape + -er.
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- East River
- East Saxon
- East Sea
- East Siberian Sea
- East Side
- East Sider
- east-south-east
- east-south-easterly
- east-south-eastward
- east-south-eastwards
- East St. Louis
- East Sussex
- East Timor
- East Timorese
- eastward
- eastward Indian
- eastwardly
- eastward position
- eastwards
- east-west
- east wind
- east-winded
- east-windy
- Eastwood, Clint